You don't have to convince me. That's what I've been saying for months now. You just put it more eloquently than I have.

Speculation can work for a while but every single speculative bubble in history has ended in a crash. It would be stupid to rely on speculation feeding us forever. It is symptomatic of belonging to the coddled generation to think Someone Else is going to keep supporting them no matter what. We can embrace the original value proposition of Steem willingly or be obstinate and bring this platform to the bring of death before coming around to a more realistic point of view.